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Bacteria in the human gut help break down chemicals that contain fluorine, which is found in many medications and pollutants. Specific parts of bacterial enzymes which can remove fluorine from chemicals, especially a short region at one end of the protein, are key to breaking the very strong carbon-fluorine bond. Gut bacteria could play a much bigger role in detoxifying harmful compounds in our bodies than previously thought.
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